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  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum): leaves and fruits. Pen drawing, partially coloured.
  • Two plants, holy thistle (Silybum marianum) and Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Six flowering plants, including bedstraw (Galium tricorne), goosegrass (Galium aparine) and woodruff (Galium odoratum). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Yuen Ming Yuen, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • The oath of Henri de Guise: he and his mother look at a painting of the assassination of his father, and vow revenge. Wood engraving by H. Linton after H. Rousseau after P.-C. Comte, 1864.
  • Bugloss (Echium lycopsis L.): flowering stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • The pursuits of a man retired to the country. Etching by R. Seymour, 1829.
  • Knawel plant (Scleranthus annuus) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A tropical typhus area: two men stand amidst lush vegetation and tree stumps. Photograph, 1920/1930.
  • Couch grass (Elymus repens) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A man scatters seeds; representing the Biblical parable of the sower; here referring to the "ministry of the word", preaching. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Leprosy: prevention of injury
  • An oil palm tree, which harbours the mite that causes scrub typhus. Photograph, ca. 1930.
  • Beijing, Pechili province, China: ruins of the sculptured terrace, Longevity Hill, the Garden of Clear Ripples. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Beijing, Pechili province, China: ruins of the sculptured terrace, Longevity Hill, the Garden of Clear Ripples. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • An apothecary sitting in his shop, sorting through materia medica, surrounded by paraphernalia of his profession. Engraving, ca. 1750.
  • An apothecary sitting in his shop, sorting through materia medica, surrounded by paraphernalia of his profession. Engraving, ca. 1750.
  • Oh! My poor back" dran' pa" o'o ought to put on one of Carter's backache plasters" : Carter's Backache Plasters.
  • Oh! My poor back" dran' pa" o'o ought to put on one of Carter's backache plasters" : Carter's Backache Plasters.
  • Carter's Backache Plasters for every ache or pain : puzzle card.
  • Carter's Backache Plasters for every ache or pain : puzzle card.
  • Acacia melanoxolon
  • An apothecary in his laboratory concocting a mixture. Wood engraving by F.Mc F (?) after, 1876, after H.S. Marks.
  • An apothecary in his laboratory concocting a mixture. Wood engraving by F.Mc F (?) after, 1876, after H.S. Marks.
  • Six British wild flowers, four types of bedstraw (Galium species), squinancywort (Asperula cynanchica) and levant (Rubia peregrina). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • Morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • Vinca major - double flowered
  • Coltar tablets: advertisement. Lithograph.
  • Seven flowering aquatic plants, including eelgrass (Zostera marina) and bog rush (Schoenus nigricans). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.